Comic books April 1943

Volume 21, Issue 1 - April, 1943. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Musial. The Phantom strips, scripts by Lee Falk, art by Ray Moore. Pete the Tramp strips by Clarence D. Russell. Jungle Jim strips, art by Alex Raymond. Katzenjammer Kids strips, art by H.H. Knerr. Tim Tyler's Luck strips, art by Lyman Young. Blondie strips, art by Chic Young. Prince Valiant strips, art by Hal Foster. Teddy and Sitting Bull strips, art by Joe Musial. Tillie the Toiler strips, art by Russ Westover. Just Kids strips by A.D. Carter. Curley Harper at Lakespur strips, art by Lyman Young. Barney Google strips, art by Billy DeBeck. Private Breger Abroad strips by Dave Breger. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Jack Burnley. Cinderella -- a la Superman, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by John Sikela (signed as Joe Shuster), inks by Ed Dobrotka. Fiddler's Fee starring The Vigilante, pencils by Mort Meskin (as Mort Morton), inks by Charles Paris. Sky Knights of Malta starring Three Aces, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Louis Cazeneuve. Missive for Mussolini starring Americommando, script by Jospeh Greene, art by Bernard Baily. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby. The Unholy Dreams of Gentleman Jack, script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; Hounded by dreams of the Sandman, when Gentleman Jack Jarvis is released from prison he swears that he will one day live in a suite of cells, come and go as he pleases with guards waiting on him hand and foot......but the Sandman will suffer in a solitary cell and made to die slowly! The Constellations of Crime! starring Starman, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Emil Gershwin. The Scrap For Scrap starring The Shining Knight, script by Joe Samachson, art by Louis Cazeneuve. Way Down Yonder in the Corn Field starring Genius Jones, script by Alfred Bester, art by Stan Kaye. The Mystery of the Monster Bird starring Manhunter, script by Jack Kirby, art by Pierce Rice. The School For Heroes starring Mike Gibbs, Guerilla, script by Joe Samachson, art by Irving Tirman. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Classic WWII cover by Al Camy. Edited by Ed Cronin. Stories by Dick Wood, Tony DiPreta, Harry Sussman, Fred Kida, Bob Fujitani, Nathaniel Nitkin, Mort Leav, John Cassone, and Fred Kida. Heroic action stories of war and airborne adventure—these are Air Fighters Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Irwin Hasen. Goitrude, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Jon Chester Kozlak; The story of Doiby's faithful cab is related and how Green Lantern became involved in the case of a fraudulent talent agency. The Cowboy and the Atom, script by Ted Udall, art by Joe Gallagher. Introducing Hippity starring Hop Harrigan, script and art by Jon L. Blummer. The Clock Strikes Twelve starring Dr. Mid-Nite, script by Charles Reizenstein, art by Stan Aschmeier. Hitler Hates the Red Tornado, script and art by Sheldon Mayer. The Nazi Spy Ring starring Sargon the Sorcerer, script by John B. Wentworth, art by Sheldon Moldoff. China starring Red, White and Blue, script by Ted Udall, art by Joe Gallagher. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

April 1943. True crime magazine. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Written by Gardner F. Fox. Art and cover by Lou Ferstadt. Research scientist Jay Garrick makes a startling discovery of a new metal, thanks to the use of a new type of telescope. A group of Nazis, called the "Terrible Three", find out about Jay's discovery and succeed in stealing both the telescope and metal. Simp O'Dill humor page by Sol Hess. Rumpus humor page by Art Helfant. Hop Harrigan text story by Evelyn Gaines. The March of Dimes public service announcement, script by Sheldon Mayer, art by Harry G. Peter. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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April 1943. Giant Size Issue. Cover by Robert Fuqua. Stories by Nelson S. Bond, Robert Bloch, A.R. McKenzie, Leroy Yerxa, Chester S. Geier, Russell Storm, Lee Francis, and David Wright O'Brien. Illustrations by H.R. Hammond, H.W. McCauley, Magarian, Frank R. Paul, Ned Hadley, Robert Fuqua, and Joe Sewell. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 240 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Alex Schomburg. "The Living Fire of Dr. Fosfor," art by Al Anders (?); Pyroman vs. Dr. Fosfor and Nazis. "Evil In Alexandria"; Black Terror vs. One-Eye and Nazis. "The Green Ghoul," art by Jack Binder; Doc Strange vs. The Green Ghoul. "Rodeo Act" text story by Walt Wilson. "The Bullet Saboteurs"; Captain Future vs. Steuber, Bucher, Lissa, and Koch. "The Anthrax Attack"; the Liberator vs. Myers and his gang. "The Flying Submarine," art by Elmer Wexler (?); Lion Eagle battles Nazis. 68 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

April 1943. Final Issue. Cover by Milton Luros. Science fiction stories: "Outpost of the Eons" by Dirk Wylie, "Land of No Return" by Nelson S. Bond, "The Man From 2890" by Ray Cummings, "Subterfuge" by Ray Bradbury, "Forever Tomorrow" by Cleve Cartmill, and "Exit" by Bob Tucker. Illustrations by Hannes Bok, Lawrence, Les Tina, Leo Morey, and Frank R. Paul. Softcover Pulp, 6 1/2-in x 9 1/2-in, 114 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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April, 1943. Volume 31, Issue 2. Last bedsheet format (returns to trimmed pulp next issue). Cover by William Timmins. "Swimming Lesson" by Raymond F. Jones and "The Weapon Makers" part 3 of 3 by Frank Kramer. Other science fiction stories by Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore (as Lewis Padgett), Joseph Gilbert, Fred W. Fischer, A. E. van Vogt, E. Mayne Hull, & Nelson S. Bond. Interior illustrations by Paul Orban, Elton Fax, M. Isip, and Frank Kramer. Bedsheet format, 8.5-in. x 11.5-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Instructional booklet from Bell Aircraft Corporation featuring instructive cartoons on safety and operations. 5.5" x 8.5", B&W w/ Green. NOTE: All copies were 4-hole punched five publisher for binder insertion; this is not a defect.

Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ham Fisher, Kermit Jadiker and Charles Zerner (credited as Paine), Elmer Wexler, Frank Beck, Frank Tinsley, Mart Bailey, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, and Ogden Whitney. Title officially changes to Big Shot with this issue. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. In an effort to win back Hedy, Sparky lets Doc Static bombard him with a new experimental ray that gives him a more magnetic personality. Dixie and the Dugans are taken hostage by a fugitive couple, who turn out to be a pair of kids who want to elope and are hiding from their parents. Escaping Axis forces in the South Pacific, The Face awakens in a US Army hospital, where a nurse has removed his mask. Plus a patriotic story telling the adventures of a U.S. flag in the South Pacific, from the flag's point of view. Vic Jordan; Skyman; Sparky Watts; Saga of a Flag; Charlie Chan; Captain Yank; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dinky Dinkerton; Dixie Dugan; The Face. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover title "Bill Barnes, America's Air Ace Comics." In this issue: comic adaptation of "Flying Tigers" from the Republic thriller starring John Wayne (art by Jack Binder), Bill Barnes in "The Vanishing Fleet" (art by Binder), The Quiz Kids, "Biff Morgan and the Air Warden Cadets" (art by Binder), "Danny Hawk and the Condor Witch," and more. 64 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Aero Plant Sabotage; When the Big Town aero plant is blown up, Dan stumbles upon a quartet of Japanese laundrymen who are actually saboteurs; they try to drown him in a laundry bag. Wanted Vern (Machine Gun) Miller starring the Crime Reporter; Miller is a gun for hire; he's hired by Lanchetti to rub out Detective O'Malley. Scoop Resigns starring Scoop McLuke, script and art by Jack Farr; McLuke goes undercover in Europe for the real scoop on the war. Sinbad the Sailor--Tales from the Arabian Nights, pencils by Ray Wilner, inks by Al Ulmer; Sinbad is shipwrecked on a lonely island where he finds a Roc's egg, and two evil genies. The Monkey Fencer, art by Lewis Golden; The Duke de Montray is the greatest fencer the country of France ever knew; he takes on the Duke de Gromais for the honor of one of the Queen's Ladies In Waiting. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Fagaly. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Al Fagaly, Jack Warren, John Daly, Bill O'Connor, Ray Gill, Henry Kiefer, Ben Flinton, Leonard Sansone, and Eugene L. Pollock. Sometimes listed as Blue Bolt #35. Former superhero Blue Bolt soars as an aviator hero in WWII. Blue Bolt seeks missing planes and discovers a hidden enemy base, in a story with early art by future Flash Gordon artist Dan Barry. Old Cap Hawkins tells the true story of Joe Stilwell, a US Army general who earned the nickname "Vinegar Joe" due to his caustic personality. Sergeant Spook uses his ghostly powers to animate a robot and solve a crime. Dick Cole: Obie's Day; The Phantom Sub; Blue Bolt; Old Cap Hawkins True Tales; Krisko & Jasper; Sub-Zero; Edison Bell; Glamour Gadgets for Glamour Gals; Fearless Fellers; Sergeant Spook; Bluebolts and Nuts. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dick Wood, Dick Briefer, Bob Wood, Sam Burlockoff, Norman Maurer, Alan Mandel and Charles Biro. An anthology title from publisher Lev Gleason and his primary creator, Charles Biro, featuring teen hero Crimebuster and his nemesis Iron Jaw. Gender-bending villain He-She is caught perpetrating a marriage scam, becoming one of the more unique foes of Crimebuster. Axis forces try to prevent Swoop Storm from reaching Europe with his design for a new cargo plane that could turn the tide of the war. Yankee Longago meets Hippolyte and the Amazons, in a spoof of Wonder Woman featuring art (and a cameo) by Dick Briefer. Crimebuster Meets He-She; Young Robin Hood; Boy Comics Hero of the Month; Daredevil: The Sky Phantom; The Case of Bobbie Morse; Swoop Storm; Little Dynamite; Yankee Longago. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Sam Glankoff, Jack Sparling, Dorothy Bird, Ruth Kent, Helen Ciancimino, Lynne Pennington, Elizabeth Nichols, Elena Chance, Elizabeth Decker, Meg Wohlberg, Nell Giles, Jane Richards, Nancy Pepper, Alice Barr Grayson, and Margaret Sutton. Sometimes listed as Calling All Girls Vol. 3 #4. A kids' anthology from the publishers of Parents Magazine, featuring stories, comics and advice aimed at 1940s teen girls. A comics biography of Marion Blissett, who survived a U-boat attack to study epidemics during wartime. A comics biography of pioneering female stage magician Dell O'Dell. A comics biography of Alice McGuire, crack shot with the US military during WWII. Susan Says; The Yorktown Younger Set; Badge of Courage; She Guns for the Army; Judy Wing; Mistress of Mystery; The Haunted Apartment; Skiing in a Nutshell; The Victory Club; Lets Talk Things Over; Double or Nothing; So You Want to Start a Club; Cereal Steps Out; In the Public Eye; Lesson in Camouflage; Make a Short Story Long; Fiesta; Girls in the News; Gadgets for Girls. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Syd Shores. "The Princess of the Atom," script by Ray Cummings, pencils by Syd Shores, inks by Vince Alascia; In the first part of this two part story, Cap and Bucky defeat a giant cockroach which had been set upon them by Togaro, a tyrant from a microworld; Cap and Bucky use shrinking drugs to enter the microworld and search out Togaro. "The Films of Death," pencils by Harry Sahle; A Russian prisoner escapes a Nazi concentration camp with film of Nazis torturing prisoners and breaking international law; Torch and Toro go to the theater where the movie will be shown, but Gestapo agents steal the film. "The Murdering Mummy and the Laughing Sphinx"; Cap and Bucky investigate murders committed by the Mummy. "Jinx Mutt" text story. "The Mystery of the Air-Mail Marker"; Teddy visits his friend Roddy Colt and tells him that his brother Bill is returning home after months on the seas aboard an oil tanker; The Secret Stamp saves Bill from getting shot by Harry. Untitled Dippy Diplomat story, script and art by Guy Blythe. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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1st appearance of the Monster Society of Evil. Cover pencils by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Al Liederman and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Al Liederman and unknown. Captain Marvel's smashing new mystery serial begins! When Captain Marvel tries to stop Captain Nazi from stealing a precious black pearl from an Indian princess, he learns that the Nazi has been sent by a mysterious criminal genius who has gathered several of Cap's deadliest enemies in "The Monster Society of Evil Chapter 1: The Pearl of Peril" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. (1st appearance of Mr. Mind as voice on radio.) Captain Marvel also stars in: "Shipyard Sabotage" (appearances by Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring, Josef Goebbels and Benito Mussolini); "The Voodoo Show Boat" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck; and "The Revolt of the Comics!" with story by Otto Binder. Plus: Captain Kid in "Ski Champion" by Al Liederman. And: 2-page text story "Fog and Fury" by Nathaniel Nitkin. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mac Raboy. Stories by Otto Binder and Joe Millard. Art by Al Carreno and others. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. To defeat Sabbac, Captain Marvel Jr. must get the demons who empower him to abandon him. Seeds from Mars land on Earth, creating poisonous trees, in an effort to clear the Earth for a Martian invasion. A man named Jonah brings bad luck to anyone he meets, including Marvel Jr. The Nightmare Studio of Sabbac; Captain Marvel, Jr. Battles on Another World; Trolls; The Mad Murders; Killers Incorporated; Jonah the Jinx. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

The Flying Guinea Pig!; Captain Midnight flies to the Solomon Islands in the Pacific to get an intact Japanese Zero for testing. The Strange Secret of the Invisible Plane!; Captain Albright invents a special paint that turns invisible under strong light. The Spy of the Spanish Main; Nazis plant bombs on cargo planes to stop Allied supplies for the North African campaign. Little Sneezer and the Good Gremlin; Little Sneezer is ferrying a plane across the Atlantic, when it is attacked by a battalion of gremlins. The Cadaverous Clinger; A costumed German spy has special gloves and shoes equipped with suction cups so he can climb walls. Promo for Mary Marvel becoming a regular feature in Wow Comics. Doomed Wings text story featuring Red Skye by Joseph J. Millard. Drawing of Captain Midnight, with a list of cities and radio stations carrying his radio program. Ad for Don Winslow of the Navy comic. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.